Articles that Ben Branch has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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Schott Classic B-3 Sheepskin Leather Bomber Jacket – Made In The USA
This is the Schott Classic B-3 sheepskin leather bomber jacket, it’s the American company’s take on the legendary B-3 Flight Jacket which was the first jacket designed for use by high-altitude bomber crews in…
Fiat 131 Abarth Rally Stradale – The Car That Won The World Rally Championship 3 Times
This is one of 400 homologation specials of the Fiat 131 Abarth Rally built to ensure the car complied with FIA Group 4 rally specifications. The race version of the 131 Abarth Rally was…
A Car/Motorcycle Hybrid – The SEAL Family Motorcycle Combination
This is one of just two surviving examples of the unusual SEAL Family Motorcycle, it’s essentially a half car, half motorcycle hybrid with a sidecar that can seat four. The motorcycle itself has no…
There’s A Porsche Carrera GT Engine Block For Sale
This is an original Porsche Carrera GT engine block, it’s been completely stripped down of all its components and it’s being offered for sale as a bare block that’ll likely be used as a display piece….
For Sale: A 1968 Toyota Corolla Sprinter Trueno JDM Outlaw
This early Toyota Corolla Sprinter has been given a little of the Outlaw treatment, it now has a 1.6 litre 4A-GELU Black Top 20 valve inline-four cylinder engine under the hood – an engine…
Primus Fuel Bottle: A Road Trip Ready Spare Fuel Canister – $19.95 USD
This is the Primus Fuel Bottle, it’s a 1.0 liter bottle for storing fuel in case you need it in an emergency, and it can be used for storing gasoline/petrol, diesel, kerosene, or avgas…
Full Documentary: Birth Of A Giant – The Canadair Argus Marine Reconnaissance Aircraft
This 30 minute documentary tells the story of the development, design, and construction of the Canadair Argus, considered by many to be one of the finest anti-submarine patrol bombers in the world. This aircraft would…
An Affordable European Wedge: The Lotus Excel
This is thought to be one of the first examples of the Lotus Excel to be fitted with flared wheel arches, which had been officially introduced for the 1985 model year. The Excel as…
A Rare Bentley 4¼ Liter Vanden Plas Pillarless Saloon
The Bentley 4¼ Litre is an important car from early in the company’s history, interestingly it was in a racing version of a Bentley 4¼ Litre that Edward “Eddie” Hall would drive to become the first…
DemerBox DB2 – An Indestructible Waterproof Speaker System
This is the DemerBox DB2, it’s the new version of the classic DemerBox that’s been around for years, though now it’s been updated after the company was bought by three-time Grammy award winner Zac…
For Sale: A Soviet Yakovlev Yak-3 WWII Fighter Plane – $395,000 USD
The Yakovlev Yak-3 was the Soviet WWII fighter that helped assert air dominance over the Eastern Front in the closing stages of the war. The Yak-3 was put into service relatively late in the…
The Adventuremobile Art Of Adam Ambro
Adam Ambro grew up in a three bedroom house with a five bay garage, perhaps an indication of things to come as he’s now a celebrated architect with a passion for automobiles – though…